It has been reported that ANEK LINES’ KRITI II has been sold for scrap for $3.6 million USD. According to ATTICA GROUP, the profit from this transaction was €0.2 million. The large RoPax vessel was laid up in Elefsis Bay on 2 November 2024.
Originally built in Japan in 1979, KRITI II was purchased from Japan in 1996 and became one of the largest RoPax ferries operating on the Patras-Italy service. She was initially deployed on the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Ancona route in June 1997, but also served on the Patras-Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Venice and Patras-Igoumenitsa-Trieste routes.
Domestically, she was actively involved in ferry services, particularly on the Piraeus-Heraklion route. In 2009, she briefly operated on the Piraeus-Chios-Mytilene-Lemnos-Thessaloniki service. After 28 years of service in Hellenic Coastal Shipping, KRITI II is expected to depart for scrapping in the coming days.
Photo: Kostas Papadopoulos
